Gorgeous low fat chocolate cake

Trying to be good with dieting gets so hard sometimes, especially when other people keep offering you up gorgeous looking cakes. After being tormented by sponges and chocolate cakes at numerous events and coffee dates recently, I launched a hunt for the perfect low fat chocolate cake.

The good news is that I’ve found it!

Yes, it’s true, there really does seem to be such a thing as a low fat chocolate cake. I’ve tried out various recipes over the last few months, some that worked, and some that didn’t, and finally came to the conclusion that this one is the best for those of us watching our fat intake.

It looks chocolatey, the sponge is gorgeously light and it tastes delicious too, yet the only fat in this cake is in the eggs.  What’s more, you can adapt the filling, depending on how many calories you want to add, and it’s versatile enough to be suitable for a range of occasions.

Are your taste buds tingling yet? I hope so! Here’s the all important recipe.

Low Fat Chocolate Sponge Cake

Ingredients

Four large eggs
125g caster sugar
100g plain flour
25g cocoa
One punnet of strawberries
Icing sugar for dusting

Method

1. Sift together the flour and the cocoa powder.

2. Whisk together the eggs and caster sugar. The aim is to whisk it until the mixture becomes thick, foamy and doubled in volume. This may up to 10 minutes, but is worth it, as the more air that gets whisked in, the lighter the sponge will be.

3. Fold in the cocoa and flour, but avoid beating or whisking again, as this will disturb the air that you’ve carefully whisked in.

4. Grease and line two sandwich cake tins, approximately 18-20cm in size. Divide the mixture into the two tins and bake in a preheated oven, 180C/Gas mark 4, for 25 – 30 minutes. The cake should be light and springy to the touch when it’s cooked. Leave to cool on a wire rack.

When the cake has cooled, slice the strawberries up, leaving a few whole. Fill the cake with the sliced strawberries. Dust with a small sprinkling of icing sugar and decorate with the whole strawberries.
For occasions when you need an extra chocolate fix, drizzle melted dark chocolate inside for an extra yummy filling. Or you could add some crème fraiche to the filling too.

Eat and enjoy! Hope you love this low fat chocolate cake recipe as much as I do.

1. by weight loss June 17th, 2010 12:17 pm

   wow cake with only 134 cals.. It looks really tempting

2. by Lose Fat Stomach June 18th, 2010 9:52 am

   Looks delish! I also love baking low fat cakes… Thanks for posting!

3. by Ghost Hunters November 2nd, 2010 10:11 pm

   wow cake with only 134 cals.. It looks really tempting